Mary Agnes Donoghue
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Biography
Short story writer and poet whose first screenplay "The Buddy System" was filmed in 1984. She has subsequently scripted the female buddy film "Beaches" (1988), co-produced and co-written the Goldie Hawn thriller, "Deceived" and, with no prior behind-the-camera experience, made her directing debut with "Paradise" (both 1991) which she adapted from Jean Loup Hubert's 1987 French film, "Le Grand Chemin."
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Life Events
1984
Wrote first filmed screenplay, "The Buddy System"
1988
Scripted the feature adaptation of the novel "Beaches", starring Bette Midler
1991
Co-wrote and co-produced "Deceived", starring Goldie Hawn
1991
Feature directorial debut, "Paradise", starring Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson
2002
Wrote screen adaptation of the best-selling novel "White Oleander"